If anyone is interested in a Ubox and worried about dimensions, I went to a local store today and they provided me with a sheet of paper from the bottom of the Ubox itself. That way I could lay it down at home and map things out.
Great information. Thank you VERY MUCH for taking the time and making the effort to post this community minded video. This is a true public service. I’m in the process of a similar move and you are helping with decisions.
This video was very thorough and informative. I'm considering using this method to ship items across country as well and weighing my options. I'm glad to hear all went well with your move and your items arrive intact. Thank you for sharing your experience.
I'd be careful. U-Haul sent me an email saying my boxes had been picked up and were safely at their storage facility. They were not. U-Haul was not even aware that they were not there. I received an email from someone asking why my boxes were still in the parking lot of my apartment complex. When I alerted U-Haul to this, they had no idea. If I hadn't called to let them know, my boxes might still be unaccounted for. I had four items that were damaged, and even though I purchased insurance, they are giving me a hard time. U-Haul lost my boxes. That's not good.
Great review, thank you! I’m having mine delivered in 2 weeks. I’m moving from Chicago to Arizona, so it was nice to relate a bit to yours. I opted in for their movers services for both ways. Hope they’re great
Thank you for the information, I was also concerned about the structural integrity of the U Box. This was very helpful. After watching the review, I think I will use U Box.
Thanks for this info. The Ubox is half the price of the POD and 1800 packrat. I love packrat because their containers are waterproof. But hopefully my items won't get wet in the Ubox.
This was very helpful. I'm in the middle of trying to schedule a move and it's super frustrating. I'll give U-Haul U-Box. My question is did you have help loading and unloading and did they provide any of those packing blankets, etc.
I reserved 3 u-boxes for 7/2/2021delivery to my house and weeks after making the reservation I got a call from U-Haul that the earliest they could deliver the boxes would be 7/7/2021. This meant that I could not use the long July 4 weekend to load the boxes as I had planned. BE CAREFUL, YOUR RESERVATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WILL GET THE BOXES WHEN PROMISED.
I'm having a horrible experience with u haul and their u box. The latch doesn't line up and there is no way to lock it. I was on the phone with them for 4 hrs. Unless you know the latch works, I would not go this route. Basically they told me when they lift the box the latch will line up and I can lock it then. Meanwhile you can steal my s**t bc it's not secure for 3 days in my driveway. They told me to park my car against the door. I had them put the u box facing the opposite direction in the driveway. I watched the uhual official video and they blocked comments. So there are problems and there is no help. I'm sorry to post this on your RU-vid page but you literally cannot contact anyone at uhaul. Finally when I got someone to listen to me, she ended up blaming the driver and wanted to know who it was bc the box was hard to open when she dropped it off. The whole experience has been awful.
Are you able to schedule the drop off in the morning and pick up in the evening? I don't feel safe leaving all my stuff in a box overnight in my neighborhood.
I work for the ubox department and warehouse delivery is not a same day service BUT if you opt for moving help services our 3rd party moving provider we can find you local movers that CAN do same day drop off and pick up they also have options for delivery and loading as a bundle which are usually amazing deals !
Good explanation but if "ummm" was not there in your speech, I think the video could have been half of the length. Information you provided is very useful for 1st time user of these UBoxes. Thanks.
Hello! Great informative video! Just have a quick question, When I was booking the ubox, there's no info about when they will come back to pick up the ubox after the delivery to the destination. Do I need to call them after I done unloading? Thanks!
Thank you for the great review 👍. I have few questions, if you do not mind (if you know the answers). Can they deliver box on the morning and pick it up at the evening so is not left on the street through the night? When is delivered to the destination “Uhaul center” it can be store there for some time? Thank you
They might be able to deliver and pickup same day. You just have to ask them. Question is, will you be able to load it quick enough? And yes, it can be stored in the destination center. You get up to a free month, and pay for additional months if needed
@@Notimetowatch we have booked one for our upcoming move. But they did not say a word about insurance. I am a bit worried about any unfortunate incidents. Did you opt for the insurance?
Thanks for an honest review. Sounded like you had a pretty bad experience with U-box even though you kept saying over all it’s ok. Just the 45-min wait phone call along was bad enough to keep me away from this service. 😭
I currently work for Uhaul an they say it built out of wood cause it's stored in a climate tempered warehouse an can breath. If that's true or not let me know. Just so I can let other customers know.
I paid about $2k for 2 containers from Arizona to Florida. But you can check their website, and input your info, and it'll estimate it for you. I believe it gets slightly discounted for each additional container
U-Box is giving my a shipping estimate of about 2500$, whereas PODS was saying the shipping would be 8100$. I’m sort of terrified that the quote Uhaul is giving me is way off, hopefully I can be reassured when I phone them soon to ask about that and any potential discrepancies between the quote and final cost.
@@HeavenlyEchoVirus I just got a quote for 1 cube from Uhaul for $1900 from AZ to Northwest Arkansas and the quote from PODS was almost $5000 so big difference. I can rent a 15 ft UHaul truck and a car tow for $2000 versus just one cube for $1900. Will take me 2 days of driving so not sure which way I will go. If I sell more stuff here before I move, I will do the cube but if I want to take all my stuff, I'll do the truck thing which will not be fun driving by myself. But all worth it to get the heck out of Arizona :).
@@alive-awake It's beautiful all over but I love the northwest portion NWA in Bentonville, Arkansas. I am here now looking for a house...nice 4 seasons. The weather has been great for me...versus 114 in Phoenix
Hey, We are planning to rent these U-Box for our cross country move. U-Haul says, these boxes can be loaded upto 2000lbs. is there a trick you had while loading these boxes to ensure we are not exceeding the weight limits of each U-Box? Thank in advance for reply
Yeah, this was a tough one for me. I just sort of "ballparked" the total weight of the items, as I loaded them. I prepared myself mentally to offload items, if they complained about weight. But when they came to pick it up, they didn't weigh it. So, I dunno if I was within the weight limit or not. I think as long as you don't put unreasonably heavy items in it, you should be fine
I just loaded up my UBoxes yesterday. Originally I used only one and I said to myself "great". But then I figured this: my weight is 120 pounds and the max weight a UBox is 2000 lbs, which is only 16 times of my weight. I think my stuff is much more heavier than 16 times my weight. Though the local staffer ( that location is not a UHaul facility) initially thought I should be okay, he kindly offered to try to fork lift my UBox to see if it is over weighted. Well, it is! Fortunately I ordered two UBoxes so I split my load to the other. And I don't have any gym equipment or heavy appliance. Just books and clothing. I did not know a fork lift has a meter that can weight; seems the one in that location did not. And the guy told me that last time someone's UBox was so heavy that it bent the fork!
Unfortunately we do not offer discounts on the ubox BUT if you tell them you saw an ad on an infomercial about 1 month free you will get your first month of storage usage free which will usually cover while in transit and to unload before you are charged for the next month of service 😉
